Dhoni scored his 3rd century and declared the Innings at 726 runs. Now, Sri Lanka has to chase 333 runs.
In the morning, Every Indian cricket fan switched on their TVs to see the Sehwag's third triple century. Unfortunately, he has missed it and returned to the pavilion at 293 runs by giving a catch to Muralitharan in his over.(Sehwag 293 c&b Muralitharan). It's a sad morning to Indians. At the end of the innings Indians has one double hundred, one century and four half centuries.
At the end of the day, Dhoni played some spectacular shots to take the lead to a comfortable total of 333. Dhoni declared the innings with his century, 100 runs with 3 fours and 6 sixes. Tremendous play at the end.
Murali secured 4 wickets including Sehwag, while Herath got 3 wickets.
Sri Lanka start chasing the 333. At the end of the Day 3, Sri Lanka were 11/0.
Match is looking to be yielding the result. Good match indeed. let us see,
whether India can take the test top spot or not. If India did so, this will be the first time in the Indian cricketing history.
The only record for the day, India's 726 runs is the highest innings total ever by India. Previous best is 705/7 vs Australia at Sydney.